Ok thanks.BUT what's the difference between just MYST and the Masterpiece edition.cazPS-I guess what i'm asking is which of the three looks better. Do Realmyst and Masterpiece both have the updated graphic?

Ok thanks.BUT what's the difference between just MYST and the Masterpiece edition.

Myst Masterpiece has 16-bit color while Myst has 256 color graphics.Myst Masterpiece also has better sound.

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I guess what i'm asking is which of the three looks better. Do Realmyst and Masterpiece both have the updated graphic?

RealMyst is the newest.Which one looks better is a matter of opinion.The still shots in Myst Masterpiece may look better, but with RealMyst you get the atmospheric effects like rain, fog, and snow.RealMyst also includes the extra, though short Rime Age (the one with the snow).If you get motion sickness from 3D movement, you may not want RealMyst.If you want strictly point-and-click, go with Myst Masterpiece. I think you can configure RealMyst to be mouse-controlled, but it isn't point-and-click.

Hi Caz,Realmyst has by far the best graphics of all fthe Myst games.I have played every Myst game available. The Walkthrough for Realmyst is a little different than that of the original Myst game, but most of it is the same. Of course, the last chapter of Realmyst is brand new.Once you have played Realmyst, you will never go back to the original game or to The Masterpiece version. Happy gaming!Sandy

One thing about RealMyst. When it was released, it was considered a huge game and overloaded a great many computers. It's not at all big by today's standards, but if you are running an older computer check the technical material carefully.

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I had bought RealMyst from GOG awhile back and had installed it on an Win XP computer. I also have the Masterpiece edition which is the one I had originally played. (Yes, I was late discovering the Myst games, but have played them all now!)

After reading this thread I installed RealMyst on my newer Win 7 laptop. There was quite a bit of jerky movement, so I exited and set it to run in Compatibility Mode--XP with patch 3--and now it seems to be doing just fine in Win 7. Nice version, BTW.

I also chose 32 bit instead of 16 bit in the game setup window. But even though it lists some wide-screen resolutions, it still plays in basically a 4:3 ratio when I tried them, just with finer details.

Is there a way to run RealMyst in true wide-screen? Or will it still just have the black edges on the sides?

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yes ianlynk.Open the Realmyst setup in your RealMyst folder on the hard drive. There you can choose from any resolution. i'm playing 1680x1050 now (widescreen). Although the setup should have shown up the first time you ran the game.caz

I just looked at setup again, and my option for anti-aliasing is greyed out (unchecked). This install is on my laptop, which doesn't have a great graphics card. Maybe if I installed it on my desktop, that option would be available.

The game, by default, did put my Texture Quality to High, though.

Also, under the Advanced tab, it has an option for DirectSound3D. Do you recommend ticking that?

EDIT: I've been spending a little time in realMyst and came out of a building. It had turned night! I forgot that it did that in this version. Took me by surprise. I'll have to do the indoor puzzles during the night.

Oh, and BTW: I looked into using DirectSound3D and apparently Vista, Win7, and Win8 do not support this option unless the hardware can use a special driver, such as OpenAL. Since I'm just playing on my laptop, I'm not going to worry about that setting. Hopefully, I'll be able to hear all the atmospheric sounds in the game.

Edited by lanlynk (06/15/1309:21 PM)

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